surround
sur·round (sə-roundʹ)tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.n. 1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround. 2. a. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye. b. Surroundings; environment: “It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me” (Listener). 3. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape. [Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre: Latin super-, super- + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave. See wed-1 in Indo-European Roots).] Synonyms: surround, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird1, girdle, ring 1 These verbs mean to lie around and bound on all sides: Suburbs surround the city. A crown circled the king's head. Fog compassed the mountain peak. A belt encircled her waist. A lake encompassed the island. The desert environed the oases. A deep moat girds the castle. Flower gardens girdled the bird bath. Guests ringed the coffee table.
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